UGA will open 2012 football season vs. Buffalo
ATHENS — Georgia has agreed to open the 2012 football season against Buffalo, UGA associate athletic director Arthur Johnson said Thursday.
The game, which will be the first-ever meeting between Georgia and Buffalo in football, will be played Sept. 1, 2012, in Sanford Stadium.
Georgia will pay Buffalo $975,000 for the game, Johnson said. That matches the most UGA has agreed to pay an opponent to play in Sanford Stadium.
Also, Johnson said UGA is in the process of completing a deal with Georgia Southern to play in Athens during the 2012 season.
The Bulldogs had two openings on the ‘12 schedule and figured all along that one would be filled by Georgia Southern, which UGA is in the habit of playing once every four years. The Eagles played in Athens in 2000, 2004 and 2008. To preserve maximum scheduling “flexibility,” Johnson said he wanted to complete negotiations on the other game — Buffalo, as it turned out — before finalizing a Georgia Southern deal.
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125 comments Add your comment
Mightydawg
August 26th, 2010
6:00 pm
Repeat yourself much.
dawgcrzy
August 26th, 2010
6:01 pm
really?
Mike Bobo 17 INT
August 26th, 2010
6:11 pm
This is why your program is the turd of the state. You cannot even open on the road with a contender…..your program is a total joke!! LOL!!!
Duh
August 26th, 2010
6:11 pm
Third,
Third,
Third,
Third
SD Dawg
August 26th, 2010
6:16 pm
Playing GA Southern is a waste of time.
Worm
August 26th, 2010
6:21 pm
C,mon..We can do better..I have to wonder if Damon scheduled this before he left…Southern is fine, but a better opponent is in order for the other game, especially with turner Gill leaving.
Mr. Touchdown
August 26th, 2010
6:24 pm
The Buffalo Bills, maybe, but the U of Buffalo? When does dove season start?
Malcolm X
August 26th, 2010
6:28 pm
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
HAHA
August 26th, 2010
6:31 pm
So let me get this straight….UGA plays Southern every4 years?
cbell
August 26th, 2010
6:32 pm
Better screenshot this while it’s here. Halarious! Comon TIM!!!
cbell
August 26th, 2010
6:32 pm
Better screenshot this while it’s here. Halarious! Comon TIM!!!
KNUCKLEHEADS
August 26th, 2010
6:32 pm
Can we do better, sure. But why? Our schedule in ‘12 is tough enough. The usual SEC East guys plus an @ Alabama and Ole Miss at home. Don’t forget about an @ Louisville. We play GA Southern every 4 years to help an in-state school earn a nice payday.
cbell
August 26th, 2010
6:32 pm
Better screenshot this while it’s here. Halarious! Comon TIM!
Glory Glory
August 26th, 2010
6:34 pm
boo.
I would liketo see Georgia State on a 4 year cycle in the GREAT town of Athens. I know they are a cakewalk now, but i truly feel they will be a great program within 5-10 years.
Before we know it, Georgia State will be THE team in Atlanta. With all do respect, the engineering, and engineering only ciriculum at Tech is going to hurt them when there is going to be another school with a hugly supported football program just a few blocks away. With an enrollment of 30,000+, and a wide open ciriculum, Georgia State will be a huge magnet for recruiting. While UGA will always be football King in the state of Georgia, Georgia State will be #2 before we know it.
Glory Glory
August 26th, 2010
6:41 pm
*before I am bashed for it….. CIRRICULUM <——— not ciriculum. How often does one have to know how to spell it anyway…….
SKB
August 26th, 2010
6:43 pm
UGA is scared to play GaState in 4 years, they know state will manhandle the bees and become the number 1 team in atlanta. UGA playing it safe as always…
Richt is Tough
August 26th, 2010
6:50 pm
No wonder UGA and Richt usually win 10 games. Only 60 other teams in the nation that win 10 with that schedule!! UK, Vandy, Buffalo, Ga. Southern, UT (now a joke), Yech, Miss St., other OOC joke, Mississippi makes 10 wins without the opportunity of a loss. UGA is certainly the top talented team in the nation that plays the absolute weakest schedule. Ohio State plays Miami….UGA plays Buffalo. WOW! Way to go Richt no wonder you usually win 10. LOL
BG
August 26th, 2010
6:57 pm
I see our new AD is already taking something away from UF. UGA is crazy to play 3 BCS OOC every year.
ghsclassof2012
August 26th, 2010
6:57 pm
yeah i guess i understand the criticism if the other nonconference game, excluding tech, is weak. Who is it?
Hairy Dawg
August 26th, 2010
7:01 pm
Glory Glory,
It’s “curriculum.”
Dog Power
August 26th, 2010
7:03 pm
UGA is doing little brother Georgia Southern a favor by giving them a big payday and letting 93,000 fans watch them. Interesting that Tech so far has skipped Ga. Southern, but will play G-W and Jax State.
Playing Buffalo gives the Dogs a chance to renew the rivalry with Chan Gailey. The Bills will likely be a 3 point favorite.
Tim Tucker
August 26th, 2010
7:13 pm
Sorry about the repetition at the end of the post. I’ve cleaned it up. Hectic afternoon.
Well...
August 26th, 2010
7:16 pm
at least we’re not running scared by cancelling an already scheduled game with UNC.
Glory Glory? Come on Man!
August 26th, 2010
7:21 pm
Keep hatin on Tech Glory Glory. Let that bitterness eat at you son. Wishful thinking at it’s best. There is only one institute. Go back to Athens please and trash the campus like you do every year.
extrapoint
August 26th, 2010
7:24 pm
Take a look at the Florida Gator’s schedule over the last ten years. They open with two cream puffs, followed by another one or two during the season. Does their soft schedule hurt them. NO! Any player who is suspended sits out the first two games, ready too play for the big games. Do they have a game West of the Mississippi. NO!
colorado bulldog
August 26th, 2010
7:25 pm
I can only assume that the folks complaining about Georgia’s schedule are 12 year-olds or someone who has lost their memory. Richt winning 10 games only because he schedules cake teams? Hello. We play in the SEC, schedule the reining ACC Champ every year (sure its a weak Conference) and have scheduled plenty of tough non-conference teams through the years. Think Oklahoma State, Arizona State. Even Colorado was an upper-level Big 12 team when we scheduled them. So we play Buffalo in 2012, many teams schedule a team that they can get to come play in your stadium without a HOME-AWAY series. And considering we are not scheduling GA Southern every year but once in a 4 year cycle, what’s your beef?
Bama Dawg
August 26th, 2010
7:27 pm
We play GA Southern every so often to benefit their program, which is good for the state of Georgia. There are a lot of ties there (i.e., Erk Russell) just like there are a lot go ties between UGA and Auburn. If GA State is good enough for Alabama to play, why not give them a shot every now and then. We all know that we aren’t going to schedule an intersectional rival with the SEC schedule we have. May not like it, but that’s the way it is.
WestOfAthens
August 26th, 2010
7:29 pm
I’ll take ‘em. Considering the past 4 seasons, why would any Dawg complain?
Compare the last 4 BCS champs comparitive schedules, it is still plain math/statistics.
mdbatl
August 26th, 2010
7:31 pm
I might be the only person in the universe who cheers for both Georgia and Buffalo (obviously not equally), but the Bulls will be a nice match up. Remember, they won the MAC in 2008. It’s not like we picked them to avoid playing UNC or anything. Plus, we play at Louisville that year anyway (a game we scheduled before they tanked, by the way).
As a Georgia grad and Georgia State law student, I’d love to see us play the Panthers. I feel like they definitely need a few years to get established though before that happens.
GATA EAGLES!!
August 26th, 2010
7:39 pm
Go EAGLES!!!
but seriously, I will still be wearing my UGA stuff when my alma drops into Athens. Go Dawgs.
Habersham Dawg
August 26th, 2010
7:39 pm
You know “Mike Bobo 17 INT” I don’t see any of the REAL Tech fans complaining about us adding Buffalo. Just the ones who can barely spell Nesbitt.
GW
August 26th, 2010
7:44 pm
There is a lot more to think about in this scheduling process besides how tough the competition will be. With that said UGA should not be playing Buffalo. Find a southern school with some players from Georgia to pay the $975K too. That would at least make it interesting for the fans.
Dawgs rude awakening
August 26th, 2010
7:49 pm
Wow buffalo and gsu. Tough games!!
HugoStiglitz
August 26th, 2010
7:52 pm
I know UGA is just doing what everybody else does, but I hate this aspect of college football. Why schedule teams that have less then a 1% chance of beating you. You might as well take the week off and rest because half the team isnt even going to play in the second half. Its a complete waste of time.
Chuck
August 26th, 2010
7:54 pm
What a joke.
Ed
August 26th, 2010
8:05 pm
Nice preseason games they have.
Get a Clue!!!!
August 26th, 2010
8:14 pm
GT Fans are you seriously bitching about our scheduling? What a bunch of dumb smart people. South Carolina State this year, Jacksonville State in 2008 and 2009, Samford in 2006 and 2007, Troy in 2006, etc. Get real.
Georgia’s opening games…2010 UL-F, 2009 #9 ranked Oklahoma St., 2008 GSU, 2007 OSU… No comparison you morons. Look at most of the big time DI football teams, they all have cupcakes in the first game. Most have them in the first two games. At least UGA has the nuts to go out and play somebody that actually has a shot as beating us.
Joe Mac
August 26th, 2010
8:22 pm
What a PATHETIC game!
Erk Russell
August 26th, 2010
8:28 pm
GATA EAGLES why won’t you support your alma mater in 2012? What happened in taking some pride in your alma mater? You really want to be a bandwagon fan? Says a lot about yourself.
BlueTide
August 26th, 2010
8:41 pm
GATA EAGLES, Please change it to GATA BULLDOGS, if you can’t support YOUR school we don’t need your backhanded support. Keep it Athens. We have our own proud traditions, like 6 Championships. Won on the field not at the Polls.
Heath
August 26th, 2010
8:47 pm
Erk is right. I’ll be rooting for Kennesaw State when they play UGA in a few years.
college is forever
August 26th, 2010
8:57 pm
http://www.collegelunchboxes.com I know on the surface it looks like the Dawgs are taking the easy way out but when you consider their SEC schedule and at least one of the four nonconference is GT you need a brake from the tough grind. This year they travel to Boulder they may not be a beast this year but when they signed the home and home agreement they very well could have been. I don’t blame them at all for booking a cupcake twice a year. How come nobody gets on the Gators for their patsy lineup?
RxDawg
August 26th, 2010
9:09 pm
It’s good to see GSU coming back up on the schedule. Being a graduate of both schools, the UGA vs. little bro GSU game has always been special to me.
bdawg
August 26th, 2010
9:09 pm
Yeah, another 2 practice games at full reserved season ticket price. I’m glad they are so eager to give away all that cash they keep begging for.
Big L
August 26th, 2010
9:13 pm
The Dawgs ain’t the only ones scheduling these easy games. Do we really need to look at Floridas out of con. Schedule from last year, or Bama’s this year? Tech plays Jax state every year and LSU plays Tulane. The Dawgs just got a lot of big mouth haters with selective memories.
Panther Power
August 26th, 2010
9:32 pm
UGA needs to play Georgia STATE.
Typical person reading this
August 26th, 2010
9:35 pm
This is an outrage! How dare they schedule such a weak game in the same year that we have to go to Louisville, Columbia, Tuscaloosa, and Auburn? We should be playing at Ohio State and only have 5 home games because I don’t understand scheduling at all!
LMFAO!
August 26th, 2010
9:38 pm
Buffalo! Man…………..you guys continue to play quality opponenents. I hear you are working on a Homo and Home series against Army as well. Hey, play the Coast Guard. Maybe they can stop your pathetic miserable and sorry azz team and school from sinking. BUFFALO? Are you kidding me? WHAT A FN JOKE!
Greenville Dawg
August 26th, 2010
9:40 pm
Another great home schedule in the works. Geogia is really concerned about the season ticket holders. I guess we are dumb enough to pay top dollar to watch anyone play. Georgia does not understand the word COMPETITION. Lets round out the schedule with Georgia State and Presbyterian College. Oh, that’s right, TV scheduled these match ups. TV needed a high quality game those weekends. Why doesn’t Georgia just join the Southern Conference. Maybe Georgia could win at least half of the games.
LMFAO!
August 26th, 2010
9:41 pm
Get a Clue!!!!
You get a clue. BUFFALO, LOUISIANNA LAFWHO, IDAHO STATE, VANDY, KY, MISS ST., PATHETIC U, SORRY AZZ U, U OF THE SORRIES, U OF JOKEARAMA, JOKEARAMA STATE, Now that’s tuff! That’s pathetic. It must be the red panties that caused the problem.
t
August 26th, 2010
9:43 pm
Oh Hell No! Not Georgia Southern again!
LMFAO!
August 26th, 2010
9:44 pm
GSU is loaded, as is Loiusinanna Whomever, IDAHO Potatoes, Vanderbilt is absoulutely a powerhouse. Kentucky can win the NC and Miss St is ranked like 289th in SOS. You guys are absolutely PATHETIC. break out the red panties you panty waste!
Harry the Hat
August 26th, 2010
9:46 pm
The Bills will kill them.
2013
August 26th, 2010
9:46 pm
Hey, we open home against Wofford in 2013, then go on the road to play Army, and oh…………….the Coast Guard for HC. Man, we shoudl be preseason # 1 in 2012 and 2013. Can’t wait…………….get your tickets,…………….get your tickets…………….come on…………woof woof woof MEOW!
2014
August 26th, 2010
9:48 pm
Hey, it’s Idaho State University State U. LMFAO
luke uga
August 26th, 2010
9:51 pm
8 OUT OF 9 TECH FANS AND YOUR COACH CAN’T WIN A BOWL GAME. REMIND ME AGAIN WHAT ARE WE SCARED OF?
UGAfan18
August 26th, 2010
9:52 pm
Wait, didnt these guys win a championship a year or two ago?
Chuck UGA
August 26th, 2010
9:54 pm
WHY??? THIS KIND OF CRAP ON THE SCHEDULE IS ABSURD. Tickets cost $45 a piece for this?! Idaho State Potato College, Buffalo (is it the Bills?), Georgia Southern? No way they could not find better opponents. I guess with Evans out, any decent matchups are off the table now. McGarity will hear from me.
Paul Johnson's Sagging Teets
August 26th, 2010
9:57 pm
For the sake of clarity, “GSU” is Georgia State University. Call Georgia Southern something else.
JTW
August 26th, 2010
10:02 pm
100 bucks that Southern has more wins than Tech over the next 5 years. Any takers? Oh, and anyone who honestly believe that Ga State will pass Tech OR Southern anytime soon is seriously delusional.
STINGER
August 26th, 2010
10:06 pm
Tech is and always has been afraid to play Ga. Southern!
Dostoyevskiy
August 26th, 2010
10:14 pm
I heard that Tn is now trying to drop Buffalo and reschedule UNC.
Erk
August 26th, 2010
10:14 pm
It is IAA ball, but GA Southern made 8 title game appearances and won 6 national championships in a 15 year period……and in a playoff format! No other school in IA or IAA has had a run like that….Ever. Pretty impressive.
Tech Buzz
August 26th, 2010
10:24 pm
WOW!!! The might buffalo!!!! Ga’s really toughening up their schedule with that powerhouse!!!! Richt—he’ll take on all comers baby!!!!! Buffalo—the next Nebraska!!!!!
Dawgfan
August 26th, 2010
10:26 pm
I want Boise State’s schedule… 2 ranked teams all season… LOL.. You can’t complain because we usually play 5-7 ranked teams each season. Thats life in the SEC. Take the cupcakes you can only have 2 per season anyways.
Big L
August 26th, 2010
10:38 pm
Tech Buzz, South Carolina state, Kansas and Middle Tennessee state, THIS YEAR. You hold no weight and are irrelevant in football scheduling discussions. LOSER.
GSUwinsagain
August 26th, 2010
10:38 pm
Georgia Southern’s upcoming schedules include. Georgia Tech, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Navy, We are excited about the chance to play these games and we also expect to compete. At least for a while. I will be proud to wear my blue back up to Athens, I always have a great time there. GATA Boys !
JTW
August 26th, 2010
10:43 pm
Oh, btw, Tech is playing GSU in 2015. So you ‘dawg’ fans need to chill out.
Rabun Dawg
August 26th, 2010
10:48 pm
For $975, couldn’t you get someone a little better than this bunch? I am glad that I dropped my tickets as I for one got tired of the “hassle of game day” for the likes of LLAY, Idaho St., and now Buffalo? Next up may be FIU, Mary& William, or maybe even West Ga. What a lame bit of scheduling!
Lou
August 26th, 2010
11:54 pm
Hey GSU Dont confuse them for the REAL GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY.. THEY SHOULD BE GSO NOT GSU….
GT BABY
August 27th, 2010
12:03 am
…
GT BABY
August 27th, 2010
12:06 am
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA…….WHAT A TOUGH GAME FOR THE OL’ MIGHTY DAWGS!!! I THOUGHT UG@Y ALWAYS HAD A TOUGH SCHEDULE? WELL, WE SAW WHAT HAPPEND AGAINST KENTUCKY, SO THEY BETTER TIGHT’N UP!
HAHHAHAHAHHAHAH….KENTUCKY!!!
Lost Dawg
August 27th, 2010
12:52 am
Us playing Southern every 4 years does not help them. We always low ball them for half the going FCS rate. Their AD must not get out much.
Strike Eagle
August 27th, 2010
3:42 am
Tech Buzz, two years ago GT played Jacksonville St., and Gardner Webb so I wouldn’t joke about scheduling. Some of us still haven’t forgot that GT lost to Furman 17-14 in 1983 and had to kick a field goal to tie Furman in ‘86 17-17 hah !
Panther Power, UGA needs to play GaState ? NOT ! UGA is “Yah Daddy ! ” in NCAA Athletics , and PAUL JOHNSON”S …,until Ga. State beats Georgia Southern on the gridiron you’l just be the “wanna be ” GSU .in college football …renters !
Georgia Southern is scheduled for Ga Tech in 2015.
willie g hates stupid bloggers
August 27th, 2010
6:10 am
some people on here needs to have there hands chopped off and never type again , look idiots , everymajor school plays to practice games a year to the idiotic takin about ohio st , gees those patsies always schedule easy games jim trussel scedule 1 school to scedule patsies all yr long and look at the mighty #1 alabama scheduling san jose st and georgia st this year WOW you are so tuff , get a like BAMA WILL NOT WIN IT THIS YEAR I ALREADY BET AGAINST THEM AND YOU IDIOTS WILL SEE AND CRY COME JANUARY .
willie g hates stupid bloggers
August 27th, 2010
6:15 am
HAVE HAD MY 6TH MICHELOB LIGHT the more i read the more i drink , you people are morons .UGA is only going to get better its up to the defense thats it and if arron murray does not make bonehead mistakes this year uga will be good but not great but good . BUT boise st #3 in nation i want what those idiots are drinkin.
Let's see...
August 27th, 2010
6:19 am
…Buffalo gets $975K to play UGA, N Mexico State gets $1mil to play UGA, yet GA State only gets $425K to play at Alabama?!?!??!?? – AL i s laughing all the way to the bank…..
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August 27th, 2010
6:47 am
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chiefdawg
August 27th, 2010
7:37 am
I cannot believe UGA is playing Georgia Southern again. There is nothing to gain by playing that game.
Greg
August 27th, 2010
7:41 am
Good job new AD, now we’re talking. this schedule’s starting to look a lot more like Florida’s. Play 1 top 10 team. Easy non-conference teams. Georgia also gets Ga Tech each year and 6 SEC games.
how2fish
August 27th, 2010
7:45 am
GT Baby…South Carolina State……… bug your dismissed!
Coach BoBo
August 27th, 2010
7:57 am
UGA and Buffalo…that will be the pillow fight of the year!!!
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August 27th, 2010
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liars and damm liars
August 27th, 2010
8:18 am
I’m tired of hearing this tough SEC schedule crap. Vandy, Kenntucky, ms state, ol miss and a beat down ten. Then say we have to schedule 2 pushovers because of this tough schedule. Bull and everybody knows it.
how2fish
August 27th, 2010
8:26 am
liars and damm liars ..until the mighty ACC division “champs” can beat mid tier SEC teams I don’t think anything will change for you I wouldn’t pile on UK too much they beat us and we stomped a mudhole in the best Bug team in at least a decade.
Joseph
August 27th, 2010
8:44 am
GATA EAGLES! TO HELL WITH GEORGIA! Six Time D-I National Champions GEORGIA SOUTHERN!
BobDog
August 27th, 2010
8:54 am
What in the world is this about with Waushaun?????
robodawg
August 27th, 2010
9:36 am
Why such a high payout?
Dawg Fud
August 27th, 2010
9:51 am
Wish we would sack up and schedule two games with Texas, USC, Oklahoma or Michigan.
Buffalo? Lame.
Dawg Fud
August 27th, 2010
9:52 am
Washaun is an idiot and apparently does not think the rules apply to him. When an officer ask you to stop – stop. Freaking moron.
912 Dawg
August 27th, 2010
10:06 am
At least we’re 1-0 in 2012 now!
Mark Gelbart
August 27th, 2010
10:42 am
Some of you are wrong to criticize Georgia for not scheduling tough out of conference games. Georgia tried to schedule Michigan and Notre Dame in the recent past. Both of those programs declined.
Tron Jackson
August 27th, 2010
11:13 am
Why not UAB?
BigTimeTECHFan
August 27th, 2010
11:22 am
Every team in the country has weaker opponents on their schedule.
The Jackets do
Georgia does
Florida, Bama, Texas, Auburn, Ohio St, USC, etc…
Get real people.
KSU Rules
August 27th, 2010
12:28 pm
Vince Dooley’s getting together a football program at kennesaw state u—Ga will be first in line to play the mighty owls in their first game! Give a hoot to the ksu owls baby!
Damon Evans
August 27th, 2010
12:53 pm
Martinis for GSU and Buffalo!
Mike Bobo 17 INT
August 27th, 2010
12:55 pm
No guts, no glory. Business as usual for a tanked program looking to try and climb back into the rankings. Hell, even FSU is opening with OU….oh that’s right, UGA opened with OSU and got their helmets handed to them last year. That weak Big 12 is overrated.
Open with Alabama. Texas, or even Miami, then the media might give you some respect…then again maybe not. As Schultz, UGA has lost he benefit of the doubt, but hell, most folks in Georgia knew that a long time ago.
I suppose everyone in Athens is becoming accustomed to mediocre, and why not, you lose at everything besides tennis and ladies gymnastics.
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Fresno State!!! Fresno State!!! Fresno State!!!
Fresno State!!! Fresno State!!! Fresno State!!!
Mike Bobo 17 INT
August 27th, 2010
12:58 pm
Heck, even GT made the front page of ESPN today, which I can understand because they are gaining respect….
http://espn.go.com/college-football/
Mike Bobo 17 INT
August 27th, 2010
1:12 pm
I am not sure where those panties came from. Let’s see, Ealey out of jail, Evans with a DUI and panties, and a tanked program. It does not get any better than this!!! I am loving life.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
August 27th, 2010
1:13 pm
BigTimeTECHFan
I agree, these type teams are just scared, plain and simple. You have to play them all anytime anywhere to be a champion.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
August 27th, 2010
1:14 pm
liars and damm liars
The SEC has a few powerhouses, including Alabama and Florida, but after that, they are like any other conference. The SEC has been overhyped, and if you disagree, ask Alabama about Utah in the Sugar a few years ago.
football fan
August 27th, 2010
1:42 pm
Mike Dodo 17 int you are a disgusting piece of crap, all you do is bash Ga. and all we do is bash Tech. You are a fooll
home&home
August 27th, 2010
1:51 pm
I am sick of playing Georgia Southern! If we’ve got to have a “pay to play” game, play someone who appreciates the opportunity instead of someone who brings 10,000 fans who absolutely HATE UGA and disrespect our program every chance they get. I’d rather play Utah Southern and give the tickets away to the 4H.
Georgia Southern’s one goal is to get big enough to move to 1-A and compete with UGA. Why on earth would we help them accomplish it?
how2fish
August 27th, 2010
2:18 pm
Mike Bobo 17 INT quick tell the powerhouse the Bugs open with this year and last??
BIG ED
August 27th, 2010
2:38 pm
This is no worse or better than Alabama playing Samford or UAB or LSU playing Northeast Louisana State or Texas playing Baylor or North Texas State. AD’s know there is little chance a program can go undefeated playing ONLY top 10 schools. HOWEVER, the ALUMs (most of which NEVER played a down!) want only that and COMPLAIN about the school program not being tough enough or the schedule not being tough enough. Look back at the Great Bear Bryant’s schedule: 6 good programs and they rest were pushovers. The man was SMART!!!
Eagleswinchampionships
August 27th, 2010
4:52 pm
Georgia Southern will be a better matchup than Buffalo. Little brother my ***. Georgia Southern will beat UGA one day. It may not be 2012 but it will come in the next 20 years. Its coming guys. Ga State guys please play a game and at least win one before talking so much trash. And east macon tech doesnt count.
DOO DOO LEE
August 27th, 2010
8:37 pm
do you dog goobers really think your 5 star recruits come to your university to play the ga southerns of the world? If they only have 12 games each in the four years they have of their college careers, would they not want to see if they can hold their own against other Div I teams, in and out of conference? I realize losing to Oklahoma State has probably something to do with this, but if you really want to be some kind of national power house again, play the big boys, and that goes for Alabama as well. PLAY SOMEBODY
DOO DOO LEE
August 27th, 2010
8:41 pm
on the other hand, I guess if your suspending 8 to 9 players in the game opener for actions committed prior to kickoff that year, then you would not want to open with anyone to save face. Knowing you got to suspend players to make it look like you have standards the NCAA and SEC would approve of..like Dooley and Saban as well. What a joke
Jungle Man
August 27th, 2010
10:58 pm
Why can’t we hire some plantation negroes like they do at Auburn and Alabama and Southern Cal?
They sign them up and lock them in their rooms other than to come out and play. No scootergate.
I thought we were signing good folks who were good athletes? Seemed like a good idea but are there any out there?
EaglesCliff
August 27th, 2010
11:24 pm
The always “pretty good” UGA Bulldogs are not Ga Southern’s “big bro”. UGA enters its 119th football season with over $100 million annual revenue, great recruiting ground, and their one Nat’l Cahmpionship thanks to Erk Russell, Herschel Walker, and a fluke play to beat Fla – Lyndsay Scott! Lyndsay Scott!, and thank God Notre Dame turned the ball over 47 times in the Sugar Bowl. UGA is an underachieving embarrassment to State of Georgia Football. 2010 = 7-5 to 8-4 with a trip to a Who Cares Bowl and thousands of Dawg Fans complaining that the SEC is tough and officials are biased. BTW, how can it be “College” Football when you have players on your team who can’t spell SAT??
Ga Dawg
August 28th, 2010
1:49 am
Georgia southern? Get real—UGA would beat them by 50 with their backups. Ga so needs to stick with the small time ball—-the big Dawg plays at another level.
69dog
August 28th, 2010
3:43 pm
home&home, you are right. ga southern fans, to a man, hate UGA. All they do is spout hate against UGA. They and their former coaches start vicious lies and rumors about UGA. ga southern is happy to take the charitable donation UGA gives them, but ga southern and their fans have an ultimate goal of destroying UGA. georgia tech has never given ga southern a game or a charitable contribution. ga southern or their fans have never said a bad word about ga tech. In fact, gs southern fans actively support their ex coach and pull for gt to defeat UGA. UGA should never play ga southern ever again. UGA has nothing to gain. If UGA schedules ga southern again, this 25 year season ticket buyer will never buy season tickets again!
EaglesCliff, if UGA is as bad as you say. perhaps ga southern should not continue to beg UGA for a game/charitable donation. UGA could schedule the real GSU (GA State Univ) and maybe someone outside of Bulloch would care about our opponent.
Also and furthermore Benedictine, who chooses players and gives them scholarships, is pitiful. They can’t win even in a low league with chosen players.
69dog
August 28th, 2010
3:57 pm
Just in case I haven’t been clear, I would like to point out that ga southern university and their fans hate UGA. They never miss a chance to smear and defame UGA. They are extremely jealous of UGA and all of our tradition. ga southern fans even think the great Erk Russell is theirs. Everybody knows Erk is a Dawg.
ga southern begs us to schedule them. ga southern fans pull hard for ga tech to defeat us.
ga southern would like to bring UGA down, they are our enemy. UGA should never play ga southern again. Playing them again would give them relevance. THEY ARE NOT RELEVANT!
ga southern is not relevant even in the inferior,lower divisions of football (1AA), or whatever they call it.
Strike Eagle
August 28th, 2010
4:49 pm
I get a kick out of the arrogance of the UGA fans on here; it seems that Athens, Georgia is rapidly becoming the “Hit and Run” capital of the SEC. So now Georgia’s “Hit and Run” Offense is in full swing and that Damon’s MidNight Panty Raid and Ealey’s 3AM spin in his roomies ride found something to hit besides an opposing defender; no doubt secured The University of Georgia as the hands down favorite to capture this years “Fulmer Cup”. I don’t know which one of you “G” chewing dog squeezes (69dog I think) made a comment about the Georgia Southern game being irrelevant or something. Well since they run the same offense as Tech now, the one originally developed under Coach Johnson at Southern it would be a good idea to at least get some more reps against it. before playing Tech. But of course 69dog like his bone head pooch pals are too drunk on Bulldog Cool Aid to get it and must be excused for their ignorance. As everyone else already knows .
i win u lose
August 28th, 2010
5:20 pm
funny how these ga state people are all of a sudden talking sh!t….just wait until bama beats you guys worse than anything we’ve ever seen before. that game could seriously be 80-0 with multiple injuries.
Buffalo > Ga Southernq
August 28th, 2010
6:06 pm
Ga southern fans need to wake up—-your program is small time, irrelevant. Ga southern should switch back to Div II so they can win something.
EaglesCliff
August 28th, 2010
11:25 pm
Of course Ga Southern is irrelevant to ThUGA and the other minor league NFL program that pose as college football. What I want to know is why UGA has Top 5 money, Top 5 recruiting ground, and Top 5 attendance, but cant win a damn thing? At least Alabama fans demand excellence and Championships, Benedictine is pitiful, unfortunately and symptomatic of how low Savannah Football has become, “69dog” (who knows me, but doesn’t reveal his own ID).
The people of South Ga deserve a University with the same graduate programs available in the North. South Ga people who support UGA without alumni affiliation are supporting the institutionalized discrimination of South Ga by the Board of Regents and the Legislature. Go Dawgs, you’ll beat the Ga Southern’s and UL-Lafayette’s, but what about your own level? LOL
69dog
August 29th, 2010
8:39 am
UGA fans and alumni, take a look at the crap posted by EaglesCliff. He and many,many more ga southern fans blame the third rate status of their school on UGA. ga southern fans want money and resources to be taken from UGA and given to them. On the other hand they never complain about georgia tech who is mainly in the business of educating out of state foreign students.
ga southern spouts hate for UGA, but begs for games/handouts from UGA.
UGA fans and alumni, call the Athletic Director and anyone you know! Tell them to not schedule ga southern in football or any other athletic event. UGA has nothing to gain and everything to lose. Believe me, or ask a Michigan fan what losing to a 1AA team did to their program. Nothing to gain.
Florida Dawg
August 29th, 2010
11:11 am
Buffalo? Is this the Buffalo Bill’s?
Is there not a team we can play that someone knows where they are unless you have hire a private investigator?
Just don’t schedule Oka State…enough of those powerhouses!
Bride of Chucky Knapp
August 29th, 2010
2:35 pm
Yeah, I think Georgia State can make some waves eventually. They’re gonna end up with an odd group of players that were overlooked or washed out from other places–players that are hungry to play and eager to prove themselves. A lot of these players are going to pick Georgia State over JC or other small schools since they can actually get a real degree and play in a big time stadium in a major market for a name coach.
They’ve got what sounds like a good group of coaches and a surprisingly large alumni base of folks that actually have jobs and make money–not to mention a great place to play.
UGA needs to get them on the schedule very soon. Go Dogs!
SEC
August 29th, 2010
10:36 pm
I think
SEC Schedule + Tech + Other
August 29th, 2010
10:45 pm
We play an 8 game conference schedule in the toughest conference in the land, plus Tech, plus one other BCS opponent. Two cream puffs on top of that is absolutely fine, and from a scheduling standpoint, it is necessary in order to have 6 home games due to the Jacksonville thing.
JaxDawg
August 30th, 2010
6:58 am
I’m sick of these meaningless games! I have no desire to see Buffalo roll into town!
JaxDawg
August 30th, 2010
7:35 am
THIS JUST IN……….
CMR HAS SUSPENDED WASHAUN EALEY FOR THE BUFFALO GAME IN 2012! MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW!
blazerdawg
August 30th, 2010
5:15 pm
The GA Southern game in Athens is a blast. Folks who live and work in downtown Athens will tell you that they bring more fans than anyone but Tennessee. It has the feel of the Auburn game; spirited but friendly, with many family ties. Any college football fan looking for a good time should make it to Athens the Friday night before that game.